GREEN BAY — And the hits just keep on comin’ for the Green Bay Packers.

And although center Elgton Jenkins’ season might not be over, the former Pro Bowl left guard — having moved to center as part of an offseason reconfiguration of the offensive line — will miss at least the next four games (and likely a few more) after he fractured a bone in his lower left leg and was placed on injured reserve Tuesday.

Jenkins was injured with 38 seconds left in the first half of the Packers’ 10-7 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday night at Lambeau Field when quarterback Jordan Love was sacked by Eagles linebacker Nolan Smith and Love and Smith landed on Jenkins.

As a result, Jenkins lands on IR, where he joins star tight end Tucker Kraft, who tore the ACL in his right knee during the Packers’ Nov. 2 loss to the Carolina Panthers. Kraft is done for the season.

Jenkins was unable to put much weight on his leg as he slowly limped off the field and was carted to the locker room shortly thereafter. Sean Rhyan replaced Jenkins at center on a night when the line struggled to open holes for running back Josh Jacobs (21 carries for 74 yards, a 3.5-yard average) and protect Love.

“You know, you get a first down and then you hand the ball off and you get hit in the backfield. That’s not on Josh Jacobs,” head coach Matt LaFleur said. “You lose 4 yards right there. You’re in second and 14, now you’re get-back-on-track situation. So I just think the consistency at which we do things, we just can’t have some of these plays where you’re losing [yardage]. You might as well throw the ball and get sacked. That’s just the reality of it.”

Oh, that happened, too.

According to NFL Next Gen Stats, the Eagles pressured Love on 17 of his 42 drop backs, the second-highest pressure rate he’s faced this season, and Love completed just 3 of 12 passes for 21 yards and was sacked three times on those 17 pressured drop backs.

“We’re not getting any consistency right now. We’re not getting into a rhythm,” Love said. “We’ll have a good play here, and then have a negative play, whether it’s a turnover, penalty, drop, sack … We’re just shooting ourselves in the foot right now and getting in the funk of having some good plays and then not building off them properly. And [then] having a play that might hurt the drive, and we can’t overcome it.”

With Jenkins sidelined, the Packers figure to start Sean Rhyan, their former starter at right guard who took over for the injured Jenkins against the Eagles. The team also has 2024 fifth-round pick Jacob Monk, who was activated off the injured reserve list last month.

But Rhyan would make the most sense, with Rasheed Walker at left tackle, Aaron Banks at left guard, Jordan Morgan at right guard and Zach Tom at right tackle.

“Sean brings a great energy. Obviously he’s a guy who’s played a lot of ball,” Love said. “It’s tough losing Elgton … but I think Sean did a great job coming in. He’s a guy who stays ready for whatever opportunity it is whether it’s guard, center, whatever. He did a good job [and we’ve] got to keep building on it.”

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